The bodies of the victims were recovered and initially taken to the church in Algarvia before they were repatriated.
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On 28 October, she was on board an Air France flight from Paris en route to another series of concert engagements when it flew into a mountain after two failed attempts to make a landing at the São Miguel Island airport in the Azores.
The Lockheed L-749 Constellation crashed into Monte Redondo (São Miguel Island, Azores), killing all 11 crew members and 37 passengers on board, including Cerdan and the famous French violinist Ginette Neveu, while approaching the intermediate stop airport at Santa Maria.